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In the year 1979
656 Notable deaths
Ludvík Svoboda
Czechoslovak general and politician (1895-1979).
Born November 25th, 1895 in Hroznatín. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1979 at 83 years old in Prague (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Nikos Poulantzas
Greek-french philosopher.
Born September 21st, 1936 in Athens.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 43 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (suicide by jumping from height).
Victor Kilian
American politician (1891–1979).
Born March 6th, 1891 in Jersey City.
Died March 11th, 1979 at 88 years old in Hollywood (blunt trauma).
Nereo Rocco
Italian football manager (1912–1979).
Born May 20th, 1912 in Trieste.
Died February 20th, 1979 at 66 years old in Trieste.
Les Clark
American animator (1907–1979).
Born November 17th, 1907 in Ogden.
Died September 12th, 1979 at 71 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).
Sergei Pankejeff
Ukrainian-born russian aristocrat and analysand of sigmund freud (1886–1979).
Born December 24th, 1886 in Kakhovka.
Died May 7th, 1979 at 92 years old in Vienna.
Corinne Griffith
American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979).
Born November 21st, 1894 in Waco.
Died July 13th, 1979 at 84 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure).
Jackie Brenston
American r&b singer, saxophonist, songwriter (1930–1979).
Born August 15th, 1930 in Clarksdale.
Died December 15th, 1979 at 49 years old in Memphis (myocardial infarction).
Yahya Petra of Kelantan
Sultan of kelantan (1917–1979).
Born December 10th, 1917 in Kota Bharu.
Died March 29th, 1979 at 61 years old in Kuala Lumpur.
William Gargan
American actor (1905-1979).
Born July 17th, 1905 in Brooklyn.
Died February 17th, 1979 at 73 years old in New York (myocardial infarction).
Nematollah Nassiri
Persian politician (1910-1979).
Born August 4th, 1911 in Semnan. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1979 at 67 years old in Qasr Prison (gunshot wound).
Joseph Kessel
French journalist and novelist (1898–1979).
Born February 10th, 1898 in Villa Clara.
Died July 23rd, 1979 at 81 years old in Avernes (aneurysm).
Joan Chandler
American actor (1923-1979).
Born August 24th, 1923 in Butler.
Died May 11th, 1979 at 55 years old in New York City (cancer).
Lee Bowman
American actor (1914–1979).
Born December 28th, 1914 in Cincinnati.
Died December 25th, 1979 at 64 years old in Brentwood (myocardial infarction).
Fred Akuffo
Soldier, politician, former chief of defence staff and head of state of ghana (1937-1979).
Born March 21st, 1937 in Akropong.
Died June 26th, 1979 at 42 years old in Accra (gunshot wound).
Habib Elghanian
Iranian jewish businessman (1909–1979).
Born April 5th, 1909 in Tehran.
Died May 9th, 1979 at 70 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
Carl Laemmle Jr.
American film producer (1908–1979).
Born April 28th, 1908 in Chicago.
Died September 24th, 1979 at 71 years old in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills (stroke). [ref]
George Seaton
American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director (1911-1979).
Born April 17th, 1911 in South Bend. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1979 at 68 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer). [ref]
Antonina Makarova
Russian nazi collaborator, war criminal (1920-1979).
Born March 1st, 1920 in Sychyovsky Uyezd.
Died August 11th, 1979 at 59 years old in Bryansk (gunshot wound).
Josef Stangl
German bishop (1907-1979).
Born August 12th, 1907 in Kronach.
Died April 8th, 1979 at 71 years old in Schweinfurt.
Atos Wirtanen
Finnish politician (1906-1979).
Born January 27th, 1906 in Saltvik.
Died March 10th, 1979 at 73 years old in Helsinki.
Victoria Ocampo
Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979).
Born April 7th, 1890 in Buenos Aires.
Died January 27th, 1979 at 88 years old in Buenos Aires (laryngeal cancer).
Catherine Hessling
French actress (1900-1979).
Born June 22nd, 1900 in Moronvilliers.
Died September 28th, 1979 at 79 years old in La Celle-Saint-Cloud.
Sefton Delmer
Journalist, propagandist (1904–1979).
Born May 24th, 1904 in Berlin.
Died September 4th, 1979 at 75 years old in Lamarsh.
Ernst Chain
Jewish-german-born british biochemist (1906–1979).
Born June 19th, 1906 in Berlin.
Died August 12th, 1979 at 73 years old in Castlebar.
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